Practicing Catholics and pro-lifers of all faiths should be supporting and commending the efforts of Rep. Bart Stupak to prevent federal funding of abortion with his amendment to proposed health care legislation.

You refuse to support this amendment despite the fact that it most certainly would limit the number of abortions performed in the U.S. and the tax burden.

You stated that you support the Hyde Amendment, which now prohibits “direct” government funding of abortion. You also state, “It is not right to allow federal tax dollars to pay for abortions.”

There is no doubt in our minds that if HR3692 becomes legislation, “direct” federal funding for abortion would be prohibited.

However, a bit of creative bookkeeping and legalese language could provide the proverbial legal loophole, which could result in unlimited “indirect” federal funding for abortion.

The Stupak Amendment would prevent this.

The Stupak Amendment is absolutely vital to stem the tide of the extermination of innocent babies by Abortion, and the resulting burden on U.S. taxpayers, that proposed health-care legislation threatens.

Abortion is not health care. Health-care legislation must be dedicated to the preservation of human life and not the deliberate destruction of innocent pre-born human babies.